Word: strength
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...result of the preliminary trials held in the Stadium yesterday afternoon, Harvard's chances appear brighter than before. Yale on the whole fared worse than was expected, but Cornell and Pennsylvania showed signs of strength that may make the final result dangerously close. The University led in the number of men qualifying for the finals with 15; Yale and Cornell tied for second with 12 each; Pennsylvania had 8 men and Princeton 7. The other colleges to qualify were Dartmouth with 3, Michigan, Columbia, and Syracuse, 2 each, and Swarthmore, Brown, and Haverford, 1 each. In addition to this Harvard...
...University team showed surprising strength in the 440-yard run and the high jump. In the former event Blumer, Kelley, Merrithew, and deSelding all won their way to the finals, and in the high jump Harwood, Lawrence and Pope are left. Captain Rand showed his best form in both the hurdle races and Foster ran strongly in his heat in the 220-yard dash. Captain Rand established a new Harvard record in the 120-yard hurdles by winning his heat in 15 2-5 seconds...
...playing on their own grounds before enthusiastic partisans, the University nine scored a victory almost as decisive as the shutout at Cambridge. The fact that Princeton was able to score only one run in both games, as compared with Harvard's ten, is convincing evidence of the relative strength of the two teams...
...played championship ball, the Princeton team was decidedly off color, and today it is expected that the calibre of its real baseball ability will be manifested. The fact that the University team has not won a game at Princeton for twelve consecutive years is good evidence of Princeton's strength on the home grounds. But the Harvard team today, is made up principally of players, who have had the advantage of playing at Princeton in past years, and who are eager to retaliate for the long list of defeats. If Hicks is in form, and there is every reason...
...could again say as we said two years ago: "Auf wiedersehen." Professor Muensterberg next spoke of the change that had occurred in German literature and of the new spirit that had arisen. In the period of the greatness of German literature and art, the country was cosmopolitan because national strength was lacking. This disappeared under the influence of the political unity effected in the middle of the last century. There is now a sentiment of international patriotism, under which Professor Kuehnemann first reached America...